First off, a sincere apology from us Turtles to you readers! We mentioned in our previous release that our editor, Kaori, was down for the count due to extenuating circumstances—I’d made an effort to compensate for the lack of staffage on my own, which was, unfortunately, met with dismal failure. (Because I suck and got caught up with work, oops. <3) That being said, please send Kaori some good vibes, and accept my apologies for the delay! However, one thing has changed with regards to this series specifically, and we need input from you readers to decide how to continue.

Savvy manga readers among you may have noticed that this series has been picked up by another group who have since completed the entirety of volume one; we at TP are still interested in providing our own spin on the series, but only if readers are interested in reading our version. That being said, if you’re fine with waiting for our slower releases, please comment below! We will gladly continue with the series should enough people express their interest. (Note that we are in the proofing process of chapter 3, meaning it will be released regardless, but this will determine whether we continue on with chapter 4 and after.)

And now that we have that preamble out of the way, LET’S GET OUR VENGEANCE ON.

Tsukuroiya: The next chapter of Tsukuroiya is typeset and undergoing revisions. All of volume 1 is translated.

The Vengeful White Cat: I have the majority of volume 1 translated; however, our editor for the series has been suffering some pretty significant health issues and is convalescing. Please respect that her health is our priority when asking for updates on this series. I should also mention that this (manga) series has only one volume released with no signs of a new chapter since last December. I have no idea if it’s on hiatus, axed, or being published elsewhere at this time.

New series 1: New series… one!? There’s not much I can say other than it’s a universe we’ve already explored, so new readers might be lost without some introduction…Hint, hint. <3

We have two chapters left in this volume, and one left in Souya’s MELODRAMATIC AS FUCK arc. Volume 3 is the gosh darn reason I wanted to work on this series, so get hype!

And with that said, TOODLES! See y’all in a couple of weeks!

]]>http://turtle-paradise.net/2018/07/01/temporarily-breaking-hiatus-mebius-gear-v02-ch09/feed/15106Stone cold nerds: Slayers: Super Explosive Demon Story v2 ch07http://turtle-paradise.net/2018/05/27/stone-cold-nerds-slayers-super-explosive-demon-story-v2ch07/
http://turtle-paradise.net/2018/05/27/stone-cold-nerds-slayers-super-explosive-demon-story-v2ch07/#commentsMon, 28 May 2018 02:48:17 +0000http://turtle-paradise.net/?p=5086You know how sometimes when you’re reading something super cringy, your toes start to kind of tingle? And then it moves all the way up your arms, and you start scrunching down into your chair out of sheer second-hand embarrassment while you whimper, “Oh baby boy, pls don’t do this to yourself”?

Also, please give it up for Kaori on this one! Girl’s typesetting from a hospital bed. If that doesn’t belong on a resume, I don’t know what does.
Rounding out the team is Tom the Mighty on editing duty, Melfra on QC patrol (LOOKIN’ OUT FOR MY AWKWARD-ASS PHRASING), and translated by yours truly.

Thanks for your patience, guys! Next release should be either Mebius or Tsukuroiya either Wednesday or Sunday, depending on everyone’s work load.

Also, don’t forget to hit us up in Discord if you haven’t already! (You can find the link in the upper-right corner of the page. We’re on the prowl for typesetters and editors, so just ask for deets!)

]]>http://turtle-paradise.net/2018/05/27/stone-cold-nerds-slayers-super-explosive-demon-story-v2ch07/feed/55086A little oneshot to kick off the week: The Sorcerer’s Contracthttp://turtle-paradise.net/2018/05/14/a-little-oneshot-to-kick-off-the-week-the-sorcerers-contract/
http://turtle-paradise.net/2018/05/14/a-little-oneshot-to-kick-off-the-week-the-sorcerers-contract/#commentsMon, 14 May 2018 23:37:23 +0000http://turtle-paradise.net/?p=5054Wussup, my homies! Sorry for the lack of release last week. (Of course it would be RIGHT AFTER I screamed our schedule from the rooftops!) It turns out nothing puts a wrench in plans like a kick-up in projects at work, a Love Live concert, and Mother’s Day to top it all off. (At least I can afford to eat this week, so that’s pretty cool!) But as nice as it is to see y’all again, I suppose you didn’t drop by to get a digest of last week’s schedule, did you? Without further ado, on to the goods!

We’ve got a quick, easy-to-digest one-shot for you this week about a girl, her “brother,” and his psychotic dad. (Kinda runs in the family, but hey, this is shoujo. Well-adjusted male leads are a rarity.)

This chapter was SHOCKINGLY edited by our resident proofer/scanner Melfra and typeset by newbies JV and Ingrid. (Unfortunately it was their only project. ='( BUT WE APPRECIATE THEM ANYWAY, WHEREVER THEY ARE! <3)
I have it on good authority that we may see some more Slayers this week, so keep an eye out!
And as always, keep turtling!
PS: We're looking for editors and typesetters. If you're interested in joining our slow and motley crew, please send me (Rebmastu) a message on our discord channel!

*Note: Read online link will temporarily link to MangaDex’s reader until we’re able to get our reader up. :)

What better way to commemorate the end of a lengthy hiatus with a brand-spanking new series?

This tasty little treat ticks all of my favorite boxes in a shoujo:A sassy heroineHigh-fantasy hijinks~Magic Apprenticeships~Cranky old ladies with hearts of gold

And did I mention a super sassy heroine?

Credit roll call!
On editing duty is Kaori! (You can tell she’s been working with a shoujo group because she annihilated the SFX, AHAHA)
Proofed jointly by Melfra and newcomer Shadow! (the aspring English major!)
And translated and typeset by yours truly. (I wanted something to ease me back into the scene. THIS WASN’T IT. OH GOD, THIS WASN’T IT.)

Aaaaand story time! When I first got it into my head that the Turtles should crawl out of retirement, I figured we’d focus on Slayers and leave it at that. But when I took a peek at my favorite online book vendor and saw the story of a girl who turns into a white cat and declares her need for VENGEANCE upon the world, it made my kokoro go doki doki. And did y’all know there’s a new ongoing Orphen manga? I mean…. Not promising anything, buuut…

Regardless, feedback’s important on this one! If you enjoyed reading it, drop us a line in the comments!

]]>http://turtle-paradise.net/2018/05/07/vengeance-is-cuter-than-ever-the-vengeful-white-cat-lounging-on-the-dragon-kings-lap-ch-1/feed/75004Mebius Gear ch. 8: Slicing and dicing in the name of lovehttp://turtle-paradise.net/2018/05/02/mebius-gear-ch-8-slicing-and-dicing-in-the-name-of-love/
http://turtle-paradise.net/2018/05/02/mebius-gear-ch-8-slicing-and-dicing-in-the-name-of-love/#commentsWed, 02 May 2018 19:03:08 +0000http://turtle-paradise.net/?p=4946Kirika is my queen.

Mebius has always been something of a contentious series among us turtles. Half of the group loves it, the other half hates it with a burning passion. Personally, I appreciate it because it’s more adult (in language and content) than our other series, so it provides a nice bit of respite from the fluff, and it helps that I can go hog wild with the writing… That, and Maria is an ice queen, and Kirika is a badass. Helps that I enjoy watching Shizuma getting the business end of a stick time and again, too. =D)

And enough about that! This release was brought to you by Kaori on typesetting duty, Sakana-san at the editing helm, Melfra on scanning duty, and yours truly translating.

If you like this series, please leave us a comment below!

In other news, we’ve decided that new releases will be on Wednesdays and Sundays. Keep an eye out for a brand-spanking new series this Sunday! (Shoujo fans, rejoice!)

]]>http://turtle-paradise.net/2018/05/02/mebius-gear-ch-8-slicing-and-dicing-in-the-name-of-love/feed/104946Mysterious tailors, precocious robot lolis, and a… botanist? What?http://turtle-paradise.net/2018/04/25/mysterious-tailors-precocious-robot-lolis-and-a-botanist-what/
http://turtle-paradise.net/2018/04/25/mysterious-tailors-precocious-robot-lolis-and-a-botanist-what/#commentsWed, 25 Apr 2018 19:48:15 +0000http://turtle-paradise.net/?p=4924When I think about the time we spent on haitus, few things make me sadder than Tsukuroiya. It’s a charming as hell episodic story with precious hi-jinks and general feel-good moments in every chapter, one-off character that you can somehow CARE about and… Ugh, it deserved sooo much better than the treatment we gave it. It’s some kind of miracle that none of the series we’d been working on were ever picked up after we disappeared off the face of the earth (?!), but if any of them deserved to be, it’d be this one. (THAT’S NOT AN INVITATION, BY THE WAY; KUKURU IS MINE)

This chapter was edited by Rainstride (wherever that glorious bastard may be), typeset by Kaori (who’s turning into a real powerhouse lately…), proofed by Melfra, and translated by yours truly.

With that said, enjoy the chapter! Thankfully we were only two chapters in during our previous run, so you have plenty of time to play catch up. (Also, please don’t begrudge the “Sound of Music”-as-hell cover page. It’s an excellent chapter, I promise.

Remember to join us on discord— and we’re also looking for QCs! If you’ve got proofreading chops and are willing to take a short (but trixy) test to prove it to us, we’d love to have you on board since Melbot’s a proper adult and has no time for us plebes, boohoo. Drop by the discord to chat us up about it!

]]>http://turtle-paradise.net/2018/04/25/mysterious-tailors-precocious-robot-lolis-and-a-botanist-what/feed/44924Gonna Fire Ball our way straight into your hearts ♡http://turtle-paradise.net/2018/04/15/gonna-fire-ball-our-way-straight-into-your-hearts-%e2%99%a1/
http://turtle-paradise.net/2018/04/15/gonna-fire-ball-our-way-straight-into-your-hearts-%e2%99%a1/#commentsSun, 15 Apr 2018 20:54:02 +0000http://turtle-paradise.net/?p=4882Our last release was in March of 2015. God. Jeeze. Uh. Thanks for keeping the faith, everyone. Excuses later: first, give the people what they’ve been waiting for!

This chapter was edited by Tom the Mighty, typeset by Kaori, scanned and proofread by Melfra (also known as the Tanking Cleric()), and translated with gross neglect by yours truly.

2018 is barely a third of the way through, and it’s already shaping up to be a bang-up year for Slayers fans. With the new Lina Nendoroid on the horizon and a sequel to the honpen universe well underway, we figured there was no better time than the present for the Turtles to get back into action.

I won’t waste time giving excuses for the delay since I’m preeetty sure nothing I could possibly come up with, short of a nuclear apocalypse, would excuse a 3 year hiatus. (But suffice it to say: It’s 100% on me.) Instead, let’s take a minute to hear it for the OG Turtle crew, who re-assembled faster than you can say “Marvel Cinematic Universe” and got to work in record time to make this and future releases possible!

With that said, please join us on our Discord channel and feel free to share any comments or verbal abuses that we very rightly deserve! <3 We're also working on being more transparent and consistent with our releases, so we should have a schedule made up within the next month or so, once we get a feel for our current release potential. Alas, as working adults with 9 to 5's, the next couple of weeks will likely be instrumental in seeing how that plays out. But at least I can (pretty safely) say this: Look forward to a new chapter of SEDS every other week!
See you soon, Turtles!
PS: Somebody speed up that damn Gulf stream, I'm freezing over here.
PPS: Sorry for the slowness of the site! We're looking at new servers, so stay tuned. <3

Welcome, one and all, to Turtle Paradise Scanlations! I’m your negligent fearless leader, Rebmastu. We’ve been in business for longer than I’d care to admit, and on hiatus for roughly a quarter of the time. Oops. Let’s not discuss the specifics of such, but suffice it to say none of us are dead (that I know of), but real life has a way of derailing the things we love to do, etc, etc.

The nature of scanlation has changed quite a lot in the time since we went on hiatus nearly two years ago. These days, if there’s a series in Japan with a decent amount of traction it’s more likely than NOT for a series not to be available in English. My, how the times have changed! With that said, we intend to shift our focus to series that are less likely to see an official English release: One-shots, out-of-print series, and things of that nature.

Here are the series that we, of course, plan to continue!Slayers: Super Explosive Demon Stories (LIKE THERE WAS ANY OTHER QUESTION LOL), Tsukuroiya, Mebius Gear, etc. We have a handful of other series that we hope to announce sooner rather than later as well!

Discontinuing:Junketsu Kareshi/He’s my Only Boyfriend (lol) by Aya Shouoto is being published with an absolutely SPLENDID translation in English Markets by Yen Press! You can purchase it easily at Amazon or any other retailer near you. They’re doing a much better job than we ever did, I assure you. =3

And that will do for our updates! A disclaimer, first: We’re all working adults. We’ll continue doing this out of love, but our release rate will likely be much slower than it used to be, alas (any Slayers fans remember a new chapter of Aqua Lord almost every day? lollll), but we’re still, as always, turtling on.

We’ll see you soon!

Love,
The Turtles

PS: I will never NOT be verbose. Lol

]]>http://turtle-paradise.net/2016/04/10/coming-soon/feed/34484Okie dokie, bring out the mo…chi?http://turtle-paradise.net/2015/03/09/okie-dokie-bring-out-the-mo-chi/
http://turtle-paradise.net/2015/03/09/okie-dokie-bring-out-the-mo-chi/#commentsTue, 10 Mar 2015 02:43:03 +0000http://www.turtle-paradise.net/?p=4462I would normally insert some kind of excuse for our hiatus here, but at this point I feel like no one would believe anything I had to say… And for good reason! But hey, at least it hasn’t been a FULL year since our last release! That’s something, right?

Anywho, let’s ease ourselves back into the routine (???) with something light: Here’s a one-shot about a girl who finds herself the unwilling participant in a centuries-old grudge-match between two of the greatest swordsmen the world has ever seen. Well… At least ONE of them was. And yes, it’s a shoujo. (Sorry, Tom!)

This one was brought to you largely by Kaori who helmed the editing and typesetting effort, Melfra, our residence scanner-slash-QC’er, and yours truly, responsible as usual for bottlenecking the translation and the post-QC because I wasn’t satisifed with my own writing. Woops! Sorry about that! (IS SORRY THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO SAY? AFTER A YEAR????)

Stay tuned for more news! I know it’s going to take a while to win back everyone’s trust after that unannounced hiatus, but let’s give it a shot. SEE YOU NEXT TIME, TURTLES.